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...INDIA, PAKISTAN Nationals from both countries landing at London's Heathrow Airport en route to continental Europe must usually carry a special Direct Airside Transit Visa even if they are merely changing planes, according to regulations drawn up last October. The British Home Office provides a handy "do I need a visa?" calculator at www.ukvisas.gov.uk...
...addition, the council re-authorized the popular shuttle service to Logan Airport and New York City for spring break. Students will be able to travel one way to Logan for $5 and to New York...
...occupation and the de facto annexation of large areas of Palestinian land." The barrier strays from the Green Line that has demarcated the two sides since a 1949 armistice. Israel says the fence must jut into Palestinian lands to ensure security; the barrier's route near Ben Gurion International Airport, for instance, is meant to prevent attacks on departing aircraft. But German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer summed up the E.U. view in a recent interview with al-Jazeera: "Every government has the duty to defend its population against terrorism. And if a fence or a wall is needed...
They certainly have been blazed—just ask Damon Stoudamire, who tried to smuggle marijuana through an airport security checkpoint by placing his stash in the box that goes on the x-ray conveyer belt. Maybe not the best plan, Damon...
Most of the men and women serving in Iraq right now are not the fighting machines we typically imagine them to be. According to the commander of the Air Force camp at Baghdad International Airport, the ratio of support staff to combat troops is 10 to 1. The Civilian Engineers Corps makes sure the generators are working and that the tents are sturdy. The dishwashers wash dishes. There is a laundry staff. There is even an entire unit whose sole purpose is to make sure all the Hummers have gas. Most of these people signed up thinking that they would...